I once sat down to think.

I was inspired by the concept that each individual faces his or her own personal form of discrimination and that we cannot simply write-off the burdens carried by those around us as insignificant.

I once sat down to think. Adversity is an ever-changing force. Ever-present ever-strengthened it pounds on doors and whispers through windows. It climbs to the top and crawls on the bottom. It rocks us from our cradles.

It creates a dream, a chance, a perspective. It gives birth to woes as it fosters the power to defeat them.

As we fall to the ground we meet others that bear its mark. It presents us with a mirror and an opportunity to mold our own reflection.

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